Now I will have an up to the minute report of exactly how MUCH spam im getting. And with a Gig of email space, I can learn about Coeds who want to show me thier cams, and low cost Ci@lis, maybe even learn how to start a buisness-- all without having to clear my inbox every two days.
This is excellent. Now maybe after i lose THIS tiny expensive peice of hardware it can be friends with my 512mb thumbdrive and my USB bluetooth adapter, wherever they may be. Its nice to know they wont be lonley. Maybe they can use the 802.11 to signal thier location, like Gilligans Island.
I completely agree about the newsertainment, i mean, no offense to the families but why do we need to know the details about Laci Peterson and Lori Hacking. Its just not anything worthy of as much coverage as its getting. I saw a People mag. cover with little box pictures of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez, and Laci Peterson. I thought, wow. I couldnt believe it. I mean, i know its People magazine and all, but still. Something wrong with the culture here at times. Thats why I like the Drudge Report. There isnt much of a filter, just lots of info you can filter yourself.
Regarding Gitmo, maybe i should have said this "They were terrorists or insurgents trying to kill american soliders, therefore dont deserve equal rights as say, a conventional murderer (like Scott Peterson)." I don't think we can just sweep into say, Tehran, and assume they are all terrorists, but sweeping into the mountains of afghanastan and arresting people is a pretty safe bet. I mean, you dont have many non combats who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. There is never a right time to be in the mountains of afghanastan, unless you are with al qaeda. I realize that there is ALWAYS the exception or the possibility, but realistically who else are you gonna have up there?
I also agree about the Iraqis, but i dont think they cite prisoner abuse for thier distrust. After all, they lived under saddam. Did you see those former prisoners who came to the US for prostetic (sp?) limbs that Saddam had cut off? I think the distrust of americans comes a little from propoganda of the old regime, and from the US not taking out saddam or fufilling promises to militias after the gulf war. They saw we cut and run, and think we will do it again.
I dont think we should set LOW standards, but i do think our outrage at mistakes we make at times should be tempered against standard procedure of the enemy. It doesn't make our abuses correct, but it does show our moral superiority. When we abuse, abusers get punished. When they abuse, abusers get promoted.
This has gotten way off topic, but worthwhile i believe.
The british are a very polite and refined people, who dont like to make a fuss over things. At the board meeting to decide the proper software to use, the chairman, noting the lack of natural light, said "Gentleman what the council needs is to install windows in here". Of course the overzealous microsoft representative leaped up, shook hands with him and went off to tell the master of his victory. The proper and refined council, not wanting to be rude, just decided to let it slide.
O'reilly isnt journalism, its opinion. But, thats what it is labeled as. Its his show. I dont like him either, i think he's arrogant. Thats why I dont watch it. I dont mind opinions, i have several of them. I just dont like opinions reported as news.
As far as the media being conservative...wow. Ive watched wolf blitzer shove a microphone in the face of an israeli officer, at the scene of a bus bombing, and ask him "Do you think the security wall promted this attack". He wanted to blame the victim, at the scene of the crime. Amazing. Maybe liberal isnt the word. Maybe its evil.
As far as Gitmo, they werent US citizens. US citizens dont get constitutional protections. If they were wearing the flag of a country, or had the decency to don a uniform to show where thier allegiences rested, it wouldnt be such a problem.
Think of our treatment of prisoners, compared to that of our enemies. I dont think we have beheaded any of them yet, or maybe the "right wing conspiracy" covered it up.
He got honorably discharged from the military. Deserters do not get honorably discharged. There are only three months unaccounted for, I dont know what happened during those three months, or what deal he struck with the National Guard. From the sounds of This report, he completed enough training the previous year to cover the three months. I dont know how the national guard works and i dont pretend to, but i do know the military doesnt just give out honorable discharges.
Also, Bush is not a liar. I can only pressume you are talking about the WMD in iraq. Please note, if Bush lied when he said that Iraq had WMD's, then you are also saying that Saddam Hussain, Kofi Annon, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Madylin Albright and more lied about it as well. You cant play a game of pin the tail on the incumbant here. There is also an AP News story about "things" being trucked into Syria.
I just am not a fan of rhetoric. The summation of arguments agaist Bush is... He is stupid, He is a Liar, and HALIBURTON!. Oh yeah, and he's AWOL. While it is hard to find evidence about one's intelligence, he did graduate from Yale and is the President. Most stupid people dont accomplish that. I already cited sufficiently, I believe, why Bush is not a liar. As for HALLIBURTON!, I can only say it is a big american company that helps our military in certain situations. It has been used by Bush 1, Clinton, and Bush 2. Maybe people dont like they idea of such a big company, but... there arent exactly Mom and Pop small-buisnesses that can provide high octane fuel to bases in Basra.
Ever watch CNN? The republicans dont own the media. The only media we "have" is radio. MSNBC and Fox News tend to be more balanced, but pick up the LA Times, the NY Times, and its just scary.
Besides, they put protestors at the DNC in a damn cage. A cage. I mean, i think back to patrick henry's famous speech. "Even now our chains are being forged on the plains of boston." They put dissenters in a CAGE with RAZOR WIRE. Democrats everywhere should be completely outraged and ashamed about that.
Are they going to claim that DDOS is freedom of speech?
Im not a huge George W. fan, I dont like his views on immigration, IMO he isn't a true reagan conservative which is what we need.
Kerry on the other hand is either a liar or a war criminal- "I personally didn't see personal atrocities in the sense I saw somebody cut a head off or something like that," Kerry said. "However, I did take part in free-fire zones, I did take part in harassment and interdiction fire, I did take part in search-and-destroy missions in which the houses of noncombatants were burned to the ground. And all of these acts, I find out later on, are contrary to the Hague and Geneva conventions and to the laws of warfare. So in that sense, anybody who took part in those, if you carry out the application of the Nuremberg Principles, is in fact guilty." - John Kerry Source Included,I hate facts pulled from no where
Did he do those things? I dont know. But either he did and he is a war criminal, or he didnt and he's a liar. It's one or the other. Living in rhode island with a fiance in MA, I see what Kerry is like up close. He doesnt do much. I just wouldnt trust him with the keys to the country.
Its been a while since artists have made money off of thier records, its all about the ticket sales. The smart ones end up forming thier own record labels. Oddly, these are the ones who are the most vocal RIAA Proponents. Go Figure.
Maybe all these hassles will bring about a restructured music industry. Instead of having record labels at all, artists make a website and give thier music away online. They charge minimal fees to radio outlets to play thier music. Since the royalties on music that didnt come from a label would certainly be reduced, it would get decent air time. If people liked the music the bands could tour and make plenty o' money, without the middle man.
Between radio and the internet, we dont need record labels to "Tell us whats out there". We can listen for ourselves. The only type of music that wouldnt flourish in this system would be the Music of the Month club, bubblegum pop. Im sure i wouldnt miss that.
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Now I will have an up to the minute report of exactly how MUCH spam im getting. And with a Gig of email space, I can learn about Coeds who want to show me thier cams, and low cost Ci@lis, maybe even learn how to start a buisness-- all without having to clear my inbox every two days.
I agree, but remember we arent allowed to only search muslims and arabs. That would be intolerant.
This is excellent. Now maybe after i lose THIS tiny expensive peice of hardware it can be friends with my 512mb thumbdrive and my USB bluetooth adapter, wherever they may be. Its nice to know they wont be lonley. Maybe they can use the 802.11 to signal thier location, like Gilligans Island.
I completely agree about the newsertainment, i mean, no offense to the families but why do we need to know the details about Laci Peterson and Lori Hacking. Its just not anything worthy of as much coverage as its getting. I saw a People mag. cover with little box pictures of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez, and Laci Peterson. I thought, wow. I couldnt believe it. I mean, i know its People magazine and all, but still. Something wrong with the culture here at times. Thats why I like the Drudge Report. There isnt much of a filter, just lots of info you can filter yourself.
Regarding Gitmo, maybe i should have said this "They were terrorists or insurgents trying to kill american soliders, therefore dont deserve equal rights as say, a conventional murderer (like Scott Peterson)." I don't think we can just sweep into say, Tehran, and assume they are all terrorists, but sweeping into the mountains of afghanastan and arresting people is a pretty safe bet. I mean, you dont have many non combats who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. There is never a right time to be in the mountains of afghanastan, unless you are with al qaeda. I realize that there is ALWAYS the exception or the possibility, but realistically who else are you gonna have up there?
I also agree about the Iraqis, but i dont think they cite prisoner abuse for thier distrust. After all, they lived under saddam. Did you see those former prisoners who came to the US for prostetic (sp?) limbs that Saddam had cut off? I think the distrust of americans comes a little from propoganda of the old regime, and from the US not taking out saddam or fufilling promises to militias after the gulf war. They saw we cut and run, and think we will do it again.
I dont think we should set LOW standards, but i do think our outrage at mistakes we make at times should be tempered against standard procedure of the enemy. It doesn't make our abuses correct, but it does show our moral superiority. When we abuse, abusers get punished. When they abuse, abusers get promoted.
This has gotten way off topic, but worthwhile i believe.
The british are a very polite and refined people, who dont like to make a fuss over things. At the board meeting to decide the proper software to use, the chairman, noting the lack of natural light, said "Gentleman what the council needs is to install windows in here". Of course the overzealous microsoft representative leaped up, shook hands with him and went off to tell the master of his victory. The proper and refined council, not wanting to be rude, just decided to let it slide.
O'reilly isnt journalism, its opinion. But, thats what it is labeled as. Its his show. I dont like him either, i think he's arrogant. Thats why I dont watch it. I dont mind opinions, i have several of them. I just dont like opinions reported as news.
As far as the media being conservative...wow. Ive watched wolf blitzer shove a microphone in the face of an israeli officer, at the scene of a bus bombing, and ask him "Do you think the security wall promted this attack". He wanted to blame the victim, at the scene of the crime. Amazing. Maybe liberal isnt the word. Maybe its evil.
As far as Gitmo, they werent US citizens. US citizens dont get constitutional protections. If they were wearing the flag of a country, or had the decency to don a uniform to show where thier allegiences rested, it wouldnt be such a problem.
Think of our treatment of prisoners, compared to that of our enemies. I dont think we have beheaded any of them yet, or maybe the "right wing conspiracy" covered it up.
He got honorably discharged from the military. Deserters do not get honorably discharged. There are only three months unaccounted for, I dont know what happened during those three months, or what deal he struck with the National Guard. From the sounds of This report, he completed enough training the previous year to cover the three months. I dont know how the national guard works and i dont pretend to, but i do know the military doesnt just give out honorable discharges.
Interesting that in 1992 it wasnt important to John Kerry that Bill Clinton didnt serve in vietnam, saying "we all served in many different ways".
Also, Bush is not a liar. I can only pressume you are talking about the WMD in iraq. Please note, if Bush lied when he said that Iraq had WMD's, then you are also saying that Saddam Hussain, Kofi Annon, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Madylin Albright and more lied about it as well. You cant play a game of pin the tail on the incumbant here. There is also an AP News story about "things" being trucked into Syria.
I just am not a fan of rhetoric. The summation of arguments agaist Bush is... He is stupid, He is a Liar, and HALIBURTON!. Oh yeah, and he's AWOL. While it is hard to find evidence about one's intelligence, he did graduate from Yale and is the President. Most stupid people dont accomplish that. I already cited sufficiently, I believe, why Bush is not a liar. As for HALLIBURTON!, I can only say it is a big american company that helps our military in certain situations. It has been used by Bush 1, Clinton, and Bush 2. Maybe people dont like they idea of such a big company, but... there arent exactly Mom and Pop small-buisnesses that can provide high octane fuel to bases in Basra.
Just my 2, well, maybe 3 cents.
Ever watch CNN? The republicans dont own the media. The only media we "have" is radio. MSNBC and Fox News tend to be more balanced, but pick up the LA Times, the NY Times, and its just scary.
Besides, they put protestors at the DNC in a damn cage. A cage. I mean, i think back to patrick henry's famous speech. "Even now our chains are being forged on the plains of boston." They put dissenters in a CAGE with RAZOR WIRE. Democrats everywhere should be completely outraged and ashamed about that.
At least W puts terrorists in cages.
Are they going to claim that DDOS is freedom of speech?
Im not a huge George W. fan, I dont like his views on immigration, IMO he isn't a true reagan conservative which is what we need.
Kerry on the other hand is either a liar or a war criminal- "I personally didn't see personal atrocities in the sense I saw somebody cut a head off or something like that," Kerry said. "However, I did take part in free-fire zones, I did take part in harassment and interdiction fire, I did take part in search-and-destroy missions in which the houses of noncombatants were burned to the ground. And all of these acts, I find out later on, are contrary to the Hague and Geneva conventions and to the laws of warfare. So in that sense, anybody who took part in those, if you carry out the application of the Nuremberg Principles, is in fact guilty." - John Kerry Source Included,I hate facts pulled from no where
Did he do those things? I dont know. But either he did and he is a war criminal, or he didnt and he's a liar. It's one or the other. Living in rhode island with a fiance in MA, I see what Kerry is like up close. He doesnt do much. I just wouldnt trust him with the keys to the country.
I heard you only got the reduced rates if you used Froogle.Google.com
Its been a while since artists have made money off of thier records, its all about the ticket sales. The smart ones end up forming thier own record labels. Oddly, these are the ones who are the most vocal RIAA Proponents. Go Figure.
Maybe all these hassles will bring about a restructured music industry. Instead of having record labels at all, artists make a website and give thier music away online. They charge minimal fees to radio outlets to play thier music. Since the royalties on music that didnt come from a label would certainly be reduced, it would get decent air time. If people liked the music the bands could tour and make plenty o' money, without the middle man.
Between radio and the internet, we dont need record labels to "Tell us whats out there". We can listen for ourselves. The only type of music that wouldnt flourish in this system would be the Music of the Month club, bubblegum pop. Im sure i wouldnt miss that.